I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 54
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Episode 54
“Company Commander!”
The platoon members who confirmed I was being attacked called out to me while drawing their swords.
“Tsk!”
It looked like she had wanted to assassinate me, but failed.
The woman’s face contorted.
‘She’s definitely more skilled than me.’
If I hadn’t recently trained at the Special Forces Battalion, that attack would have definitely gotten me.
‘At this level, she could probably kill everyone here and escape.’
The platoon members have swords in their hands, but honestly speaking, they’re basically decorative.
“Corporal Hope.”
“Yes! Company Commander!”
I called the soldier closest to me.
“Go get anyone who can help, and report that enemies have infiltrated the fortress.”
“What…? First let’s subdue that guy.”
“Do as I say!”
Since time was urgent, my voice rose.
“Y…Yes sir!”
At my irritated shout, he sensed the gravity of the situation and began running at full speed to get help.
‘Now I need to buy time.’
It won’t be easy.
And if I just stand here giving that guy the initiative, the odds get even worse.
“Haaah!”
Whoosh!
A life-or-death battle.
I let out a battle cry, but swung my sword while thinking about safety more than ever before.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Maybe it was because her weapon was a dagger.
The advantage from reach was hiding the skill gap.
‘I can do this, I can do this!’
When the assassin reminded me of Sadis, I thought I’d die helplessly, but it doesn’t seem that bad.
‘If I do well, maybe I can win?’
But it didn’t take long to realize that was my delusion.
“Was the information wrong? Even those things, nothing goes right.”
The woman spoke for the first time.
Her voice was very normal, unlike the Adits guys I’d met so far.
No, to be more objective, it was a pleasant, bell-like voice.
‘She might be someone I can reason with.’
I shouldn’t judge people by appearances, but what choice do I have.
That’s all I can hope for right now.
“Are you going to continue? Even if you kill me here, escape is impossible anyway.”
Not only did I send a soldier, but there was an explosion, so soldiers will definitely come rushing soon.
“Let’s go in a direction where we can both survive our precious lives. Run away right now. Then I won’t chase you.”
This is objectively not a bad proposal for her either.
‘If she has any sense, if she values her life, she can’t refuse.’
I can’t help but praise myself for coming up with this move in a desperate situation.
“There’s no time to think about…”
“Looking at the soldiers’ reactions, you seem like a good person. Sorry about this.”
“Huh…?”
Whirrr!
Just like Ramon had done, she pulled out another dagger from her chest and threw it.
Clang!
“Shit!”
I barely managed to deflect the dagger, but this is just the beginning.
“If it wasn’t a mission to kill you, I would have just let it go too. But I have no choice.”
Clang!
An intense rushing attack.
Unlike before, the speed and power had increased significantly.
‘She was going easy on me…?’
I don’t know why, but one thing’s certain – the thought that this was manageable just got scrapped.
‘And a mission to kill me? Why me.’
No, there’s no soldier with patriotism as low as mine, so why did I become a target?
It’s a completely incomprehensible part.
“I’ll pay for this sin someday.”
Clang!
Attacks that stick persistently even when pushed away.
As I gave my all to somehow endure, her hand landed on my shoulder.
“Huh?”
Whirrr!
In just an instant.
The dagger withdrew as my sword cut through empty air, and her slender body flew like a butterfly, moving behind me.
Completely changed positions.
Her dagger aimed for my heart and it was game over.
“Die.”
A cold voice with not a trace of emotion.
I couldn’t see any thought of persuasion, or any future.
‘Really… this is the end.’
For a second life, I lasted quite long.
Whoosh!
The dagger cutting through the wind, trying to pierce my heart.
Helpless, unable to even resist…
“You’d better not do that.”
Thud. Thud.
The sharp blade of the dagger suddenly stopped just as it pierced the skin of my back.
“Wh…what’s happening now.”
The slight pain I felt and the flustered woman’s voice from behind.
In a situation where variables seemed to have occurred, I carefully opened my closed eyes.
“Continue. I’ll kill you the same way. Of course, I mean all three of them. With you, that makes four?”
A voice filled with killing intent and madness beyond anger.
The owner was none other than Derick.
“Blood is flowing from my brother’s back right now, isn’t it?”
Stab!
Without anyone having time to stop him, Derick plunged his sword into the back of the man on the ground.
Gush gush gush!
Unlike me, bright red blood erupted like a fountain.
The stabbed area wasn’t the heart so he didn’t die instantly, but left like that, death was only a matter of time.
“Aaaaah! What the hell are you doing!!!”
Maybe she didn’t expect Derick to act so boldly.
The woman’s cold voice disappeared and intense emotion could be felt.
‘Hey hey, isn’t this provoking her too much…’
But Derick’s kindness didn’t end there.
“I’m just returning the favor. Of course, I’ll pay back three times over, but since you started it first, you can’t complain, right?”
Derick threw the man with a hole in his back to the ground, then grabbed the woman by the throat and lifted her up.
Trembling.
I don’t know what method he used, but she was completely subdued, unable to move a single limb.
In this situation, all the woman could do was shake her body.
“It’s too bothersome to do this one by one, so should I just kill you? You were planning to kill my brother anyway, right?”
It was definitely Derick’s face. But the atmosphere and feeling were completely different from the person I knew.
Clang!
“S…stop, I’ll surrender.”
Wasn’t she supposed to be a ruthless assassin without blood or tears?
Contrary to expectations, the woman dropped her dagger to the ground and raised both hands.
“Brother, come over here.”
Derick gestured toward me.
At this miraculous escape opportunity, I didn’t hesitate for a moment and ran toward Derick.
“Is your back okay? It looked like you were wounded.”
Derick looked at me with worried eyes.
‘That person seems more seriously hurt than me.’
He was still bleeding and looked like he needed urgent treatment.
“I let you go, so now hand over the three of them!”
At the woman’s shout, Derick tilted his head with an expression of incomprehension.
“Why would I? I don’t remember making such a promise.”
“Wh…what?”
A flustered voice.
Come to think of it, Derick had never said he would let her go.
“There must be more accomplices. Tell me the rendezvous point. Then I’ll spare you for now.”
“You think I’d tell you that?!”
If she truly cared about her comrades, she would never accept such a proposal.
“Captain… don’t worry about us and escape quickly! You must plan for the future!”
The bleeding man shouted with wide eyes.
A dilemma.
Even from my perspective, there were no favorable options for her.
‘Will they all get captured together, or will she abandon some of them?’
Our soldiers would arrive soon, so there wasn’t much time to deliberate.
“I…I’m sorry.”
In the end, she chose abandonment, leaving behind a brief word before turning away.
But Derick had never said he would let her go peacefully this time either.
Claaaang!
Derick caught up with superhuman speed and swung his sword.
‘What kind of sound is…’
The tearing sound that went beyond metal to splitting space itself was on a completely different level.
“Ugh.”
Was this power too much for her as well?
Her arm, which hadn’t budged no matter how much I attacked, was trembling violently.
‘Derick really is a monster.’
Derick at full power was beyond imagination.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The exchange continued so rapidly that the sounds seemed to blur into one.
I thought it would end with Derick’s victory, but the woman’s skill was also beyond imagination.
“Hah!”
Claaaaaang!!!
When Derick swung his sword with all his might along with a short battle cry, the woman’s body slid backward across the rooftop floor.
Normally he should have immediately closed the distance that opened up, but Derick didn’t move.
‘Is he planning to let her go?’
My guess was that he felt it would take too long to determine the winner.
And the woman, who understood this fact better than I did, spoke with intense killing intent.
“Disgusting and despicable bastards.”
Her eyes turned toward me.
“I will definitely kill you two with my own hands.”
With that chilling death threat as her final words, the woman left.
“Phew, she’s definitely strong for a captain-level. I was in danger twice.”
The murderous atmosphere from moments ago disappeared, and Derick returned to his familiar self, shaking his head.
“I’m glad you’re safe.”
“Not at all. If I hadn’t spotted these guys while moving, you would have been dead for sure, brother. Just imagining it is horrifying and unforgivable.”
Derick glared at the three captured prisoners with infinitely cold eyes.
“Still, I survived thanks to you. How did you subdue them? If it’s a drug, it might wear off soon.”
“Ah, no need to worry. I severed the muscles in their arms and legs, so they won’t be able to move for at least a month.”
“Ah.”
It was certainly the most reliable method of restraint.
“I’d like to kill them here for putting you in danger, but since they’re from the Assassin Squad, there’s a lot of information to extract, so I think we should keep them alive for now.”
“Right, if they’re really from the Assassin Squad, we should do that.”
The most secretive and dangerous organization in the Adits Empire.
If these people were really from the Assassin Squad, this would be an enormous achievement.
‘Wait, does that mean I noticed the Assassin Squad’s attack in advance and even defended against it several times?’
Thinking about it again, this was incredible.
‘I really have improved.’
It’s just that I’m surrounded by monsters, but this level should definitely be average for an Empire lieutenant.
“I’ll handle cleaning up these guys, so you should move quickly, brother. We don’t have much time right now.”
“Got it.”
I wanted to ask how the enemies managed to get up on the city wall in the first place, but even I could see we didn’t have time now.
“Let’s select only the usable items and move them. Hurry!”
“Yes!!”
Was it because of the overwhelming display Derick had shown?
The platoon members who had fallen into chaos quickly regained their composure and began performing their respective roles.
“Company Commander! There was just an explosion at Mess Hall 3!”
“Tsk, casualties?”
“There are two soldiers with serious injuries.”
“Send the seriously wounded to medical, and tell the other personnel to evacuate quickly.”
“Understood!”
As Derick said, there seemed to be more accomplices.
“Since the leader escaped, that explosion was probably the last one.”
“I hope so.”
Hoping no more people would get hurt, I retreated to the evacuation point.
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